Deconstruction of the textbook and discipline framework of Acupuncture and Moxibustion in the early modern times: an example of Chengjiang acupuncture school

Abstract

Four early lectures of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (1955-1956) in Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine were systematically analyzed and compared. As a result, it is found that it has established a modern acupuncture discipline framework with basic knowledge, basic operation and clinical application as modules. It has not only reflected the modernity exploration of the predecessors, but also presented the evolution and solidification of the modern discipline framework, which provided important reference for understanding and reconstructing the contemporary acupuncture discipline framework.